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First edition. No. 49 of one hundred large paper copies printed.

BORROW, GEORGE.--Faustus: his Life, Death, and Descent into Hell. Translated from the German. . . . London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 1825. _Post 8vo, half russia, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition. Coloured frontispiece.

BORROW, GEORGE.--Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces; by George Borrow. Norwich: printed and published by S. Wilkin . . . 1826. _8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition. Original autograph poems of Borrow and Allan Cunningham inserted.

BORROW, GEORGE.--Targum. or Metrical Translations from thirty languages and dialects. By George Borrow . . . St. Petersburg. Printed by Schulz and Beneze. 1835. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

BORROW, GEORGE, _translator_.--The Talisman. From the Russian of Alexander Pushkin. With other Pieces. St. Petersburg. Printed by Schulz and Beneze. 1835. _8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

BORROW, GEORGE, _translator_.--Embeo e Majaro Lucas. Broto-boro randado andre la chipe griega, acana chibado andre o Romano, o chipe es zincales de Sese. El Evangelio segun S. Lucas, traducido al Romani, o dialecto de los Gitanos de Espana. 1837. _16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by Riviere._

First edition.

BORROW, GEORGE.--The Zincali; or, an account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an original collection of their songs and poetry, and a copious dictionary of their language. By George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1841. _Crown 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

BORROW, GEORGE.--The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the scriptures in the Peninsula. By George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1843. _Crown 8vo, three volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

BORROW, GEORGE.--Lavengro; the Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest. By George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1851. _Crown 8vo, three volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition. Portrait by W. Holl after H. W. Phillips.

BORROW, GEORGE.--The Romany Rye; a sequel to "Lavengro." By George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1857. . . . _Crown 8vo, two volumes, maroon levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

BORROW, GEORGE, _translator_.--The Sleeping Bard; or Visions of the World, Death, and Hell, by Elis Wyn. Translated from the Cambrian British by George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1860. _8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

BORROW, GEORGE.--Wild Wales: its people, language, and scenery. By George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1862. . . . _Crown 8vo, three volumes, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

BORROW, GEORGE.--Romano Lavo-Lil: Word-book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy Language. With many pieces in gypsy, illustrative of the way of speaking and thinking of the English gypsies; with specimens of their poetry, and an account of certain gypsyries or places inhabited by them, and of various things relating to gypsy life in England. By George Borrow, . . . London: John Murray, . . . 1874. _Crown 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. By James Boswell, Esq. containing some Poetical Pieces by D^{r} Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; a Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and Books: with an Authentick Account of the Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II, in the Year 1746 London: printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly . . . M.DCC.LXXXV. _8vo, original russia binding, gilt back panels, edges entirely untrimmed._

Boswell's own copy, with manuscript corrections and additions in his autograph.

BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished. . . . By James Boswell, Esq. . . . London: printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, . . . M DCC XCI. _4to, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Portrait by J. Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, to whom the work is dedicated. Inserted is an autograph letter from William Forbes to Miss Boswell.

BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. By James Boswell, Esq. Oxford, Published by Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London M DCCC XXVI. _Royal 8vo, four volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

One of the fifty large paper copies. Portrait of Boswell by Worthington after Reynolds, proof on India paper, and a facsimile.

BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1826. _Royal 8vo, four volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over uncut edges, by Bedford._

Another copy. One of fifty printed on large paper, illustrated by the insertion of three hundred and fifty-eight engravings, comprising thirty-two portraits of Johnson. One hundred and twenty-five are either proofs on India paper or before letters. Two original drawings by Harding, etc., and fifteen views and facsimiles are among the illustrations.

BOSWELL, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides; by James Boswell, Esq. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. and notes by various hands [also Johnsoniana] London: John Murray . . . M DCCC XXXV. _Foolscap 8vo, ten volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Forty-five portraits, views, and facsimile autographs engraved on steel.

BOTTA, ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH.--Memoirs of Anne C. L. Botta written by her friends with selections from her correspondence and from her writings in prose and poetry . . . [portrait] New-York J. Selwin Tait & Sons . . . M DCCC XC IV. _12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

BOURNELLE.--Annotations on the Tatler. Written in French By Monsieur Bournelle; and Translated into English By Walter Wagstaff, Esq;

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